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March 2018

Questions to inspire: What is blockchain as a technology and as a business tool? What are the different constituent technologies and technological processes of Blockchain? Which types of Blockchain are appropriate for what? What Blockchain typologies do we envisage? Speakers are: Terry Igharoro – CEO and Co-founder, Inventory Club Chris Skinner – Author, The Finanser Blog Simon Tyler – CEO, 11:FS Helen Disney – CEO & Founder, Unblocked Dr Geoffrey Goodell – Senior Research Fellow, UCL At each evidence meeting, we will invite a panel…

June 2018

Is blockchain a new industry, and who are the winners in the new era? Who are the key actors carrying the new Blockchain Revolution? Are the mining-companies putting together the blocks a new industry, or is it simply part of business models in existing sectors? Does blockchain create 'winner take all' industry formations with increased industrial concentration or are we approaching a more democratic world with more players than in the software and early Internet revolution? Business Insider: "Flashy startups…

What are the blockchain business models and what are the new sources of corporate competitiveness in using blockchain technology? (Network effects, transaction cost efficiency, information control, increased speed, other?) What are the trade related aspects of blockchain that competition policies need to consider? By Invitation Only

APPG Blockchain and Secretariat Big Innovation Centre have partnered up with Blockchain Live this year. Blockchain Live is the UK&'s leading event for blockchain technology and aims to connect innovators, influencers and investors to aid the adoption and drive growth in the marketplace and take blockchain to the mainstream. The event affords you the opportunity to meet more than 3000 senior decision makers and specialists from leading organisations in sectors such as; finance, banking, insurance, the public sector and energy…

Blockchain will change our economy, but will it also change our lives and the world? What is the impact of blockchain on people and society? Does it change how we live our daily lives? Is blockchain only about business and intermedia? Can blockchain blur public and industry divide and ensure peer-to-peer relations with no intermediaries, minimising costs, ensuring trust, and bringing a sense of ownership? What is a digital print of the society and what does it mean for the…

What is the future of contracts transactions? (Intelligent and smart contracts). What does it mean for financial, legal and commercial stakeholders? (people, shops, investors, banks, legal practice, insurance, others) How might blockchain revolutionise the legal industry, contract writing, other sectors using contracts and how IP is transacted? By Invitation Only

What are the trade related aspects of blockchain UK needs to consider, and how are other governments and the global corporates responding? Can blockchain tech foster international collaboration? Can DLT solutions reduce cross boarder friction in data or asset exchange between governments or private corporations? What DLT solutions have other governments employed? This is a closed event and strictly by invitation only.

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